Mantle-impregnating machine.



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MANTLE IMPEEGNATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16,1906.

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E. D. ANDERSON. MANTLE IMPREGNATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16.1906.

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MANTLE IMPRBGNATING MACHINE.

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No. 844,644. PATENTED H3119, 1907. E. D. ANDERSON.

MANTLE IMPREGNATING MACHINE.

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MANTLE IMPREGNATING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 16.1906.

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MANTLE IMPREGNATING MACHINE.

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MANTLE IMPREGNATING MACHINE.

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@menta ERNEST D. ANDERSON,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JR., OF NEW YORK, NQY.l

MANTLE-IMPREGNATING iyluiOHlNE.4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application led July 16.1906. Serial No. 326,476.

Be it known that I, ERNEST D. ANDERSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented ,cer-

- rlhe main object of the invention is to produce a machine which will thoroughly and accurately iznpregnate a mantle -forming web, pass the web thus impregnated successively onto a series of forms or holders,

the Web being severed when the requisite length has been passed onto each form or holder, subject one end of the mantle-web thus supported to a "head solution, dry' 4the ntantles on the forms, and thereafter strip the mantles from the forms and place the dried mantles in or upon a suitable holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide automatic means acting in conjunction with the stripping mechanism for registering the number'of mantles which have been passed through the machine, the arrangement being such that the register is inoperative when the machine isrunning idle.

The advantages which result from the construction above outlined and others incident to the construction and operation of other features not hereinbefore specifically mentioned Vw-ill be set forth in the following detail description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, parts being shown .in section and the major portion of the drier omitted; Fig. 2, a.

top plan view, the packer mechanism being omitted; Fig. 3, a front elevation of the apparatus, the impregnating means being omitted and portions shown inesection; Fig'.

' 4, a top plan view, on an enlarged scale, of

the form-feeding mechanism; Fig. 5, a ver- 4 tical sectional view of the same, taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a side elevation of the web elevating or raising mechanism, the table or bed of the machine being shown in section; Fig. .7, a diagrammatic perspective view of the 4operative portions of said elevating mechanism; Fig. 8, a perspective view of the supporting member or Acasting for the shafts of said mechanism; Fig. 9, a side elevationof the head-dip mechanism, the table being shown in section; Fig. 10, a horizontalv sectional View on the line 10 10 of Fig. 1, illustrating the relation of the shear TEOMASADAMS,

or severing blades to the `other portions of the machine and also the locking device vthe burners below; Fig. 14, a top plan view of the web-elevator, portions being broken away and shownvin section to more clearly illustrate the construction thereof; Flg. 15,

transverse vertical sectional view on the line 16 16 of Fig. 14; Fig. 17, a top plan a side elevation of the elevator; Fig. 16, a l

view of the elevator, the parts appearing in.l

full with the exception of the top needleactuating plate, which is broken away in part to show the portions below; Fig. 18, a similar view, the parts being shifted and the elevating needles or fingers, with their coacting carriers, being moved inward to their full extent; Fig.. 19, a vertical sectional view of the intermediate supporting-plate, the upper needle-actuating cam-ring, and the lower needle-carrier cam-ring; Fig. 20,` a perspective view of a portion of each of said parts; Fig. 21, a detail view showing the acltuating-block and its connection to the cam plates or rings; Fig. 22, a perspective ,view of said bl'ck; Fig. 23, a similar view of one of the needles and needle carriersand strippers; Fig. 24, a detail. perspective view illustrative of the mechanism .which is ernployed to gradually permit the retraction IOO In the drawings, 1 denotes the bed or table of the machine, supported upon suitable legs is arranged above the bed of vertically-dis- 4 and 5 being located at the rear of the table, 6 and 7 being forward and slightly to the right of the center of the machine and serving primarily as guide-rods for the cross-head 9, which carries the Web-elevating mechanism, and 8 located atlthe left forward side of the machine and serving as a support for the web-severing mechanism.

Thebelt or driving pulley (see Fig. 12) is designated by 10, and 11 is the main drivingshaft carried in suitable bearings securedv to the frame of the table, a sliding sleeve or member 12 being interposed between a fixed cam 13 anda clutch member 14, splined upon shaft 11 and movable into engagement. with the coperating member of the clutch carried by the .band-wheel. A heavy spring 1 5 tends to release the clutch, and the parts are brought together and locked by the following mechanism: Extending across the front of the machine and slidably mou-nted in the webs of the front legs 2 is a rod 16, having secured to it the foot-'levers 17 and 18. Lever 17 vis provided lwith a rearwardly-extending nose or lug 19, which when the parts are locked overlies a pin 20, Fig'.H 1, extending outwardly from the frame. A coiled spring 21 acts to raise the foot-levers and serves to rotate the rod 16 when the same is moved lengthwise .in its bearings and nose 1.9 is freefofpin (20, which condition isV brought about by a slight sidewise pressure-upon either of the foot-levers. A crank-arm 22 is secured upon the rod 16 and is connected to a similar arm 23,

yextending from sleeve 12', by a link'24, the

parts being universally connected to permit endwise movement of the rod 16 and rotationl of sleeve 12 to release the clutch when it is desired to stop the machine. Two foot-levers or pedals are shown in order that the machine may be operated from either side of the table. One, however, may -be` .employed, and, in fact,- any suitable starting and stopping mechanism may be used.

Secured upon and rotatablewith shaft 11 is a driving-disk 25, a second complemental disk 26 being freely mounted on the shaft and urged toward the irst disk by a sprmg 27. A transmission or driving whe'el '2800-' acts with the opposing faces of the disk, the Wheel being carried by a yoke 29, secured upon a, rod 30, Whichterminates above the table and carries an adjusting handle or lever 31, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) frictionally held against accidental movement. Attached t'o and rotating with disk 26is a sprocket-Wheel 32, a sprocket-chain 33 passing about said Wheel and a similar wheel 34, Figs. 1 and 2, mounted on the outer end of the supportingtherefrom, the plate v shaft of a wringer-roll 35. Said roll 35 .is the lowermost roll of' a pair, the upper or com- An idle roll 43, lo-

tion) to pass through the solution for quite a distance before it is carried betweenthe rolls 37 and 38.y From these rolls, which tend to force the solution or impregnating liquid through the fibers,- the web again enters the solution, passing beneath an idler 45 and then to rolls 35 and 36. These rolls being properly regulated remove any excess of impregnating material, so that the'web leaves said rolls with just the required quantity of such material. 1

From `the final expressing-rolls the web passes over a guide-roll 46, which is constantly driven by a belt 47, Fig. 2, thatlde` rives its motion from a pulley on the driving-shaft of roller 35.

The Atank or trough 39 is supported at its outer end by legs 49, the inner end being se- 48, mounted j cured to plates or boards 50, which in turn are secured to arms 51, extending outwardly from the front ofthe table or bed 1. A guiding-roll 52 is secured upon suitable brackets adjacent to the arms'51, and the web is al, lowed to drop between said roll 52'and guideroll 46, forming a loop, as best shown in Fi 1.

gIhe Wheel 28 is so adjusted with relation tothe disks` as to drive the Wringer-rolls at such speed relative to the other parts o ffthe machine that sufiicientslack or a loop, as just noted, is valways maintained in order that the web may not be subjected to strains or drawn through the wringers atan excessive speed. When long mantles are being made, the wringers must, of course, be driven faster than when short ones are being produced.

After leaving roll 52 the web passes under. la guide-roll 53,. journaled upon an axle extending outwardly from' a bracket 54, adjustably secured upon rod 7, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) and thence over the web expander `and retainer to a position where vthe upper end of the im regnated Web-v may be grasped or engaged Ey the web-elevator'.

The expander and'retainer are -shown in enlarged detail in Fig. l25. Secured "to rods 6 and 7 is a bracket or casting 55, which forms the support for a plate 56, that in turn IIO carries va removablebushing or collar 57,'

provided with a central aperture. A second plate 58 is supportedfrom pate 56 by spacing tie-rods 59, said upper plate 58 likewise carrying a removable collar or bushing 60. The diameter of the lower portion of the bore of said bushing is substantially the same as that of the lower bushing; but the upper portion is given an outward ilare'corresponding to the face of the inverted frusto-conical head 61 of the distender. Said head is secured in the upper portion of tubular member 62, which carries at its lower end a point 63 that as the web is drawn over it opens the same into tubular form. Secure-l to the upper face of head 61 by a screw 64 and hard-rubber washer 65 is a circular brush 66, the bristles or fibers of which stand .in a vertical position vand form a yielding bed into which the needles or elevating-points may pass as they are projected into and through the web, as will presently appear.

`Tube 62 may be loaded to the required eX- tent to insure that it is always maintained in proper position, or, in other words, is prevented from being carried up by the web when the same is elevated in the act of passing a mantle length onto one'or` the forms.

After a mantle length is severed the distender also 'drops to a slight extent and grasps or clamps the web between the inclined face of the bushing 60 and the complemental face of head 61, thereby preventing retrograde movement of the web. The parts maintain this position unt-il the web-elevator is again lowered and has engaged the u per end of the web preparatory to ascen ing, which position is shown in Fig.v 25.-

The various portions of the distender and i the bushings or collars 57 and 60 will preferably be formed of hard rubber in order'that they may not be injuriously affected by the.

chemicals used in impregnating the web.' Throughout the whole .machine such material or some other inert substance .will vbe einployed wherever possible. A f

The cross-head 9, 4heretofore referred to, carries the web-elevating mechanism, raising f and lowering the same into and Iout of line with the mantle-forms. Inasmuchlas a series of such forms is employed, which are periodically brought into alinement with the elevator or web-carrier, it is necessary that the cross-head and elevator should likewise have a periodical movement, such movement taking place while the forms are stationary. The mechanism by which the movement of the cross-head is effected is shown in Figs. 3, 6, 7, 8,'and 12.' Rigidly connected to the cross-headA 9 and extending downwardly through an opening in the bed/ l isa' rod 67, which for the purpose of clearnessi'nay be termed a piston-rodf The lower end of the rod is forked, and a Wheel ,or pulley 68 is mounted therein, a cord or cable 69, having its ends iixed, as shown in Fig. 3, passing beneath said pulley and over a second pulley 70, mounted 1n brackets secured to the under face of the table or bed 1. A weight 71, carrying a pulley 71, is susnendedfrom .the cable intermediate pulley and the adjacent point of attachment of the cable to the table, said weight serving as a .counterbalance to the rod 67 and the parts carried thereby.

Rod 67 has secured to it two notched cushioning-spring `80 being interposed be tween the driver'and wheel for the purpose of relieving the parts from shock or jar as one or the other of the pins 74 or 76 comes into contact with its respective block. Chain 77 also passes about an idler 81, mounted on a shaft 82, adjustable toward the bed 1, t3 take up slack, about an idler`83, and Yinally about a sprocket 84, which is secured to or formed as an integral portionof a hub 85, that has secured t3 it a second sprocket 86. Sprocketchain engages the upperv portion ci sprocket 86, from which it derives its motion, and passes about idler 87 on shaft 11, over idler 88, and about the idler89. .Y Idlers 83 and 89 are carried on shafts 'or axles mounted in arms 90 and 91, respectively, of afframe or Secured upon the main drivingcasting., (Shownin detailinlfig. 8.) Thelower tubular members 92. of said casting loosely embrace a second 'horizontally-disposed 'driving-shaft 93. The forwardly-extending arm 94 finds its support on shaft 11, which it dntted lines, Fig. 6) and pin 76 riding off of black 73 when the rod is fully'ilowered. (See Fig. 7.) f l By adjusting the blocks di'Herent lengths of movement may be imparted te the pietenrod and different lengths of mantles, either longer or shorter, thereby prcducedfwithcut other change cr alteration and without wasting the web.

. In order to temporarily lock the piston-rod l 67 while it is in itslowestposition fand thus prevent interference of 'the eleva or with av proper feeding ofthe forms, the rod is provided,with anadjustablelcolla'r 95, Figs. 3, 6, andv 10', over whichwhen the r-cd is in its lowest vposition aspring-pressed bolt 96 will ride. The 'bolt is retracted just previous to pin 74 contacting with block 7 2 by a wipercam 97, which is adjustably secured to a ver- IOO IIO

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' tically-disposed shaft 98. Said shaft carries at its lowerend a bevel-gear 99, Figs. 3- and 12, which mesheswith asimilar gear 100, secured to shaft 93, that receives its motion .from ,shaft 11 through pinion 101, secured thereto, which meshes with a gear 102, secured upon shaft 93.,

inasmuch as the piston-rod 67 and shaft 98, which carries cani gaging the uppermost end of the web, or that end which after the web has been threaded around the distendery lies ad'acent to the brush or yielding bed 66, is est shown in Figs. y6 and 14 to 24, inclusive. The crossl" head 9 is provided with a laterally-extending portion or supporting-plate 103, having a centrally-disposed aperture, and with lugs 104 and 105. Lug 104 carries an adjustable screw 106, a spring 107 being secured thereto and to a lug 108, extending downwardly from the under face of the carrier cam-ring 109;. A

stop-screw 110, Vcarried by lug 105, acts against a ,lug 111, extending downwardly from the cam-ring 109. Said cam-ring is also provided with a third downwardly-extending lug 112, Fig. 19, the purpose of which will presently appear. Secured upon the supporting-plate 103 is a plate or member 113, which serves the function of holding and guiding they combined needle carriers and strippers and likewise as a support 'for the needle-actuating cam plate or ring 114. Said carrier-holding plate 113'is provided with a the upstanding lugs 1 17 downwardly-projecting hub 115, the lower face of which rests upon plate 103, to which it lis securely fastened. It is likewise provided with a series of radially-disposed openings or ways 116 and with upstanding lugs `or shoulders 117 intermediate saidopenings at the inner ends thereof. As will be seen upon reference to Figs. 16 and 19, the upper and lower faces of the body or wings of the member'113 are inclined from the center downward. The carrier cam-ringf109 rests upon the supporting-plate 103 and underlies the carrier-plate 113, the hub 115 passing through the cam-ring and securely holding the samel in place. Said cam-ring is provided with'a series ofl angularly-inclined slots or grooves 1 18, which extend from the outer edge of the ring toward the inner edge, where they merge into short grooves or recesses 119, arranged concentric with the axis of the ring. The'upper cam-ring or the needle-actuator is provided with a series of angularly-dis-` posed slots or grooves 120,l which extend from the inner to the outer edge thereof. Said ring overlies the carrier-plate 113, and pass into the cam-ring and serve to center the same. rings 109 land 114 are connected to each other by plates 121 and an actuating-block 122.

The two cam-i Mounted in each of the slots 116 is a needle carrier and stripper 123 of the form best illustrated in Fig. 23. The carrier is formed of a single piece substantially square at its outer end and provided With-a hole or opening for the passage of the needle therethrough. The rear end of the carrier is reduced in height, as at 124, said reduced portion having a groove or channel 125 in its upper face, which is formed as a continuation of the hole in the head of the carrier. A pin or stud 126 extends downwardly from the under face of the carrier into the cam-grooves 118.

The needles 127 are preferably beveled'at their outer ends, the rear end 128 of each beblock 129, having a fin or rib 130, is secured to the upturned end 128, said fin or rib extending into and coacting with a groove 120 of the cam-ring 114.

the mantle length has been corrpletelypas'sed onto the form land also when the parts are being lowered preparatory to again engaging the upper end of the saturated web. This position is shown in Figsi 14, 15, 16, and 17.

While the elevating mechanism is Iin its l lowest position, or that shown in Figs. 6'and v25, it is necessary that the carriers and needles be projected, and to eect this an arm l131, affixed to shaft 98, is carried around therebyend acts upon thesquare face of the actuating-block 122, thus rotating the camrings and throwing'the parts into the positions shown in full lines in Fig. 18. As this takes place lug 112 will pass under the beveled nose of a spring-pressed hook 132, pivotally secured to the supporting-plate 103, and at the same time a beveled-faced lug 133,-projecting from cam-ring 109, rides beneath the pivoted nose of a locking arm or detent 134. Said detent is secured upon the upper' end of a shaft 135, n ounted in the cross-head 9,.the shaft being encircled by aspring 136, which tends normally to rotate the shaft in such direction as to swing the detent away from the lug. The lower end of the shaft 135 is bent outwardly and overlies a cone-shaped carnblock 137, secured upon rod7, said cam serving to throw the detent inwardly toward lug 133 when the elevator is lowered and to perout of contact with the lug`133 as the end of l shaft l135 rides up over the inclined face of I the cam when the elevator begins its upward l nzoverrent. The cam-rings are thus gradually allowed to rotateJ in a direction which will'withdraw the needles and carriers; butas such withdrawal or `inward movement must only be sufficient to permit the web to be drawn up on the form without the needles coming into contact therewith the full return Irovenlent of the cam-rings must be arrested. This is effected by the hook-132 coming into ing turned up atright angles to the body. A

mit the spring to gradually move the detent It is designed that the needles and carriers shall be drawn out to their full extent when l IOO IIO

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.solution are passed into a drier.

'engagement with lug 112, the lug passing from the dotted position at the right, Fig. 18, to the other dotted position, where it is shown in contact with the hook. This position. is vmaintained until the web is 'r'ully drawn on the form and the mantle length severed from the web. At such time an arm 138, secured'to the vertical shaft 98, contacts with the outwardly-projecting arm -of the hook 132 and withdraws the same from engagement With the lug 112, thereby permitting spring 107 to come into action and draw the cams around to the position indicated in Fig. 17, thereby wholly retracting the needles and carriers. As the pins 126 of the carriers stand in the recesses 119 when the retraction begins, the needles Will be moved back into the carriers and the webbing will be stripped off the needles, after which upon further rotation of the cans the needles and carriers move back together.

While the elevator is raised the shears, hereinafter described in detail, come into action and sever the web slightly below the end of the for.n, after which the elevator, with the needles and holders fully retracted, is moved downward, the mantle lengths adhering to the forms and remaining thereon until positively removed. A

As before noted, the saturated mantle lengths are placed successively upon a series of fon-rs and. after being subjected to a head The form carrier and drier will now be described, reference being had to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, and

Fig. 13.

Top plate 3 is provided with an opening,

(see li igs. 4 and 5,) in which is loosely mounted the elongated hub 139 of a toothed disk 140, said disk being provided with a series of upstanding studs 141 adjacent to the periphery thereof. The studs are arranged to pass into pockets 142, formed in the edge or vperiphery of a disk 143, which is secured to the under face of a gear 144, carried by a stub-'axle 145, extending upwardly from top plate 3. To the under face of disk 143 is selcured an arm 146, which at each revolution ofear 144, andconsequently-disk-143, engages one of the teeth of disk 140, and thus advances said disk until it rides out of contact with said tooth. As the disks are rotated one of the studs 141 will pass into one of the pockets 142, and thus lock the disks together, causing a continued rotation thereof after the arm is disengaged until the stud rides out of the pocket, when disk 140 will come to rest. This further movement of the disk 140 will again bring the square face of one of its teeth into the path of movement of the outer end ofw arm 146 ready to be again engaged thereby. Gear 144 is driven by a gear 147, secured upon shaft 98 above disk 140.

A sprocket-Wheel 148 is secured upon hub vin Figs. 3 and 13.

v139-immediately below the top plate 3, and a ocket-Wheel 149 is mounted upon 'the lower end ofsaid hub, the pockets Haring outwardly, as best shown in Fig. 4.

A positioning and locking rail ortrack 150, substantially 1-shaped in contour, is supported by arms 151, extending downward from plate 3, said rail occupying a position intermediate sprocket 148 and lthe pocket,- wheel 149. Said rail bears against the supportingrods 152'of the forms 153, the rods being secured at their upper ends to an endless sprocket-chain 154, which passes about sprocket-wheel 148 and through the drier, as will presently appear. By this construction the rods 152 are closely held against the bottom of the pockets, and consequently the forms are prevented from swinging, or, ini other words, they are held against movement while the web is being drawn thereon, when the head-dip is being applied, and while the dried mantle is stripped from the form.

' From the foregoing it Will be noted that an intermittent step-by-step movement is imparted to the form-carrying sprocket-chain 154, the chain moving in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 13 to advance the forms into and withdraw. them from the drying-chamber. v

Disks 140 and 143 with their coacting parts act to advance the forms step by step over the elevator and dip-cup and to temporarily lock the forms in such position against further movement.

Before passing in\to the drying-chamber the downwardly-projecting end of the mantle which has just been placed on the forni is subjected to a head solution that has the effect of rendering the same relatively tough. This is automatically accomplished by the means vshown in Figs. 3, 9, and 12. A cup or receptacle 155, mounted on a table 156, secured upon the upper end of a verticallymoving rod 157, sands in line with the forms as they pass from the web-elevator to the drier. Rod 157 is periodically raised'by a c'am 158, secured upon shaft 93, the upward movement taking place while the sprocket-wheel 148 and pocket-wheel 149 are at rest and the forms immediately adj acent thereto are also at rest. The necessary solution may be fed into the cup 155 in any approved manner, the construction shown comprising a feeding-receptacle 159, discharging the solution into a flexible tube 160, which opens into the lower portion of the cup. Any excess will iiow from the cup through a tube 161, leading to an overflowreceiving receptacle 162. .Suitable brackets are shown as carried by rod 5 for supporting the receptacles.

The arrangement of the drier is best shown Said drier comprises a chamber 163, substantially rectangular in IOO IIO 

